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Zack Vickers, Kody Williams earn Players of the Year honors

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By TRAVIS DOWNEY Northwest Florida Daily News315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com Zack Vickers was 13 years old when he watched his older brother, Danny Wilson, help take Florala to the state final four. Up until that moment, Vickers, who had yet t... Full story

Martello, Lavin tabbed for Coach of the Year honors

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By TRAVIS DOWNEY Northwest Florida Daily News315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com Even in the moments that followed the season's most gut-wrenching loss, Baker boys' basketball coach Mike Martello saw past the gloom and despair and instead saw a ray... Full story

Baker, Paxton look to take next step

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By TRAVIS DOWNEY Northwest Florida Daily News315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com It isn't often that a team with a two year composite record of 51-7 finds itself in need of a morale boost. But on Monday, as he watched his team conclude its prepara... Full story

Prep Roundup 2/1: Vikings drop Pine Forest

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  Staff reports Fort Walton Beach's metoric rise up the District 1-5A standings continued with a 79-75 win over Pine Forest on what was a memorable Senior Night on the Vikings' home floor. Seniors Clay Willis (19 points), Mike Shepherd (13) a... Full story

Prep Roundup 1/24: Baker slips past Paxton

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Staff reports Chad Donley scored a game-high 20 points and Stephen Shelley and Josh Rose each added 12 points apiece as Baker's (19-2) magical season continued Saturday night in a nip-and-tuck win over Paxton (17-4). A tightly contested game from t... Full story

Vikings fall short in Southern Resorts final

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By TRAVIS DOWNEY Northwest Florida Daily News(850) 315-4476 | travisd@nwfdailynews.com FORT WALTON BEACH - For a second consecutive year, Christian Brothers (Memphis, Tenn.) felt right at home in Fort Walton Beach, holding on for a 4... Full story

Choctaw boys drop "bizarre" one over Rummell (La.)

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By WILL PARCHMAN Northwest Florida Daily News(850) 315-4484 | willp@nwfdailynews.com FORT WALTON BEACH - After watching his team fall to Rummel (La.) 62-54 in a wild game Tuesday night, Choctawhatchee boys basketball coach Marc Tisza could only sha... Full story

West boys win Freedom All-Star Classic

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For photos, please go to http://www.emeraldcoastphotoseast.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=490007 By RANDY DICKSON Florida Freedom Newspapers PANAMA CITY - It didn't long for the West All-Stars to set the tone in fourth annual Freedom All-Star Cla... Full story

West boys hoping for up-tempo victory

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  By RANDY DICKSON Florida Freedom Newspapers The strategy is simple for the West boys basketball team when they take the floor at 1 p.m. today at Gulf Coast Community College in the Fourth Annual Freedom All-Star Classic. With only two post... Full story

Niceville's Strutchen, Paxton's Bradley named boys hoops COYs

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  By JARED MACARIN jaredm@nwfdailynews.com Niceville and Paxton had not been to the regional finals in boys basketball in at least 30 years entering this season. Consider those streaks over. Behind Jerome Strutchen, the Eagles won the Distr... Full story

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